BILL NUMBER: AB 678	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member O'Donnell

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to add Chapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 39735) to Part
2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to
greenhouse gases.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 678, as introduced, O'Donnell. Greenhouse gases: Energy
Efficient Ports Program.
   Existing law establishes various programs to provide financial
assistance for energy efficiency upgrades and investments. Under
existing law, the State Air Resources Board has issued regulations to
reduce emissions from diesel auxiliary engines on container ships,
passenger ships, and refrigerated cargo ships while berthing at a
California port.
   This bill would require the state board, in conjunction with the
State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to
develop and implement the Energy Efficient Ports Program to fund
energy efficiency upgrades and investments at public ports.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 39735) is added to
Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 4.3.  ENERGY EFFICIENT PORTS PROGRAM


   39735.  (a) The state board, in conjunction with the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall develop and
implement the Energy Efficient Ports Program to fund energy
efficiency upgrades and investments at public ports.
   (b) Projects eligible for funding in the program shall include,
but are not limited to, the following:
   (1) Installation of solar technologies at marine terminals, and
warehouses and other freight facilities at the ports.
   (2) Replacement of conventional lighting with light emitting
diodes (LED) lighting at the ports.
   (c) The state board, in consultation with the State Energy
Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall develop
guidelines through the funding plan process for the Air Quality
Improvement Program established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing
with Section 44274) of Chapter 8.9 of Part 5 for the implementation
of this chapter that are consistent with the California Global
Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section
38500) and Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710)).